Back from the Zone

Saturday, March 28th, 2009 | decay, project wormwood

I’m currently blogging from the ninth floor of an apartment building in Kyiv, where we are staying until tomorrow. Yesterday, we came back from the Chernobyl zone of exclusion, where we had spent two days, including an overnight stay at Hotel Chernobyl, close to the research station.

The two days were intense. We’ve seen a dozen of different locations, shot thousands of pictures and had a great, weird time. I won’t forget the sound of my Geiger counter (so happy to have it with me!) while walking by the abandoned ferris wheel, or down the stairs to Prypiat port. It truly is a ghost city.

Here are some photographic impressions (raw and uncut, so don’t expect brilliant colors or even horizons) from these two days. More words and pictures later.

[UPDATE: thumbnails now link to bigger versions - sorry for the oversight]